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Cole Porter

Autor William McBrien
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2000
In his life and in his music, Cole Porter was "the top"—the pinnacle of wit, sophistication, and success. His songs—"I Get a Kick Out of You," "Anything Goes," and hundreds more—were instant pop hits, and their musical and emotional depths have made them lasting standards.

William McBrien has captured the creator of these songs, whose life was not merely one of wealth and privilege. A prodigal young man, Porter found his emotional anchor in a long, loving, if sexless marriage, a relationship he repeatedly risked with a string of affairs with men. His last eighteen years were marked by physical agony but also unstinting artistic achievement, including the great Hollywood musicals High Society, Silk Stockings, and Kiss Me Kate (recently and very successfully revived on Broadway). Here, at last is a life that informs the great music and lyrics through illuminating glimpses of the hidden, complicated, private man.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780679727927
ISBN-10: 0679727922
Pagini: 480
Ilustrații: 72 PHOTOS THROUGHOUT
Dimensiuni: 133 x 203 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:Vintage Books.
Editura: Vintage Publishing

Notă biografică

William McBrien is a professor of English at Hofstra University. He has written several books, including Cole Porterand Stevie: A Biography of Stevie Smith. He lives in Forest Hills, New York.

Recenzii

"The definitive biography of the bon vivant who was the supreme master of sophisticated popular song." --The New York Times Book Review

"A fine biography. . . . It brings to our understanding . . . the ways that the contradictions and compulsions of [Porter's] life explain the emotional force and timelessness [of] the music." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Thorough . . . fascinating. . . . Loaded with juicy gossip. [It] succeeds in evoking Porter's white-tie-and-orchids set [and] his active, if closeted, gay life in Manhattan and Hollywood." --People

"Read this book. . . . You will spend time with, and get to know, one of the great creative figures of the twentieth century."  --Betty Comden, The New York Observer

Descriere

Interweaving the life and the music of Cole Porter, McBrien reveals a man whose genius as a composer concealed complicated solutions to musical problems while it enchanted his audiences. And readers come to understand how Porter's doubts and desires, longings and infatuations, insinuated their way into the heart of his incomparable words and music. 72 photos.